Cloning and expression of a ferritin subunit for Galleria mellonella

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-17

  Kim, Beom Su ^a   Yun, Chi Young ^b   Yeo, Sung Moon ^c   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Kim, Hak R ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Fat body; Ferritin; Galleria mellonella; Iron responsive element; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; INSECT PROTEIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; IRON; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035348138     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1030     Document Type: Article

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